I Have Lived A Thousand Years by Livia Bitton-Jackson
Life During the Holocaust Livia Bitton-Jackson was a thirteen-year-old girl living in Somorja, Hungary, during the time of the Holocaust. Liquidation (the clearing out of all the Jews) in her town began in March of 1944. After turning in most of their belongings to the Nazis, Livia and her family were taken to a ghetto, where they stayed for two months before Livia and her mother were relocated to camp Plaszow.
^The red dot indicates the location of Livia's hometown today.
Livia and her mother stayed at Camp Plaszow until August 1944, when the entire camp was evacuated. They traveled with one hundred people per train car for three days, They were taken back to Auschwitz, where Livia was given the number A-17360 tattooed on her arm. On September 1, 1944, a number of women, including Livia and her mother, were sent to work in a factory in Augsburg, where they stayed until April 5, 1945. Livia and her mother were then taken to Muhldorf, yet another concentration camp, where they met up with Livia’s brother, Bubi. Later that month, though, the prisoners were once again crowded into train cars. They traveled for many days until the U.S. Air Force attacked the trains. Two days later, American soldiers came and told them that the Germans had surrendered. They were finally
^The gates at Auschwitz concentration camp,
where Livia and her mother were taken in
May of 1944.
After The Holocaust
Livia, Bubi, and their mother returned to their hometown only to discover that Livia's father had been killed. They stayed in Hungary for six more years before they immigrated to New York, arriving on April 7, 1951.
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Livia Bitton-Jackson
Life During the Holocaust
Livia Bitton-Jackson was a thirteen-year-old girl living in Somorja, Hungary, during the time of the Holocaust. Liquidation (the clearing out of all the Jews) in her town began in March of 1944. After turning in most of their belongings to the Nazis, Livia and her family were taken to a ghetto, where they stayed for two months before Livia and her mother were relocated to camp Plaszow.
^The red dot indicates the location of Livia's hometown today.
Livia and her mother stayed at Camp Plaszow until August 1944, when the entire camp was evacuated.
They traveled with one hundred people per train car for three days, They were taken back to Auschwitz, where Livia was given the number A-17360 tattooed on her arm.
On September 1, 1944, a number of women, including Livia and her mother, were sent to work in a factory in Augsburg, where they stayed until April 5, 1945. Livia and her mother were then taken to Muhldorf, yet another concentration camp, where they met up with Livia’s brother, Bubi. Later that month, though, the prisoners were once again crowded into train cars. They traveled for many days until the U.S. Air Force attacked the trains. Two days later, American soldiers came and told them that the Germans had surrendered. They were finally
^The gates at Auschwitz concentration camp,
where Livia and her mother were taken in
May of 1944.
After The Holocaust
Livia, Bubi, and their mother returned to their hometown only to discover that Livia's father had been killed. They stayed in Hungary for six more years before they immigrated to New York, arriving on April 7, 1951.
^Livia Bitton Jackson in 2009, at the
age of 79
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Sources:
Jackson, Livia Bitton. I Have Lived a Thousand Years: Growing up in the Holocaust. New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 1997. Print.
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"From The Snare Of Death To A Full Life: Re-Reading The Memoirs Of Livia Bitton-Jackson,Shoshana Greenwald." Americas Largest Independent Jewish Weekly. Web. 21 May 2010. http://www.jewishpress.com/pageroute.do/40400.